elk

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From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”) (compare Low German Elk, German Elch, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis (compare Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”), variant of *h₁elh₁én (compare German Elen, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (ełnik, “doe, hind”)), from *h₁el- (“deer”).

elk (plural elk or elks)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (originally) Any large species of deer such as red deer, moose or wapiti.
2. The subspecies of the moose (Alces alces alces, alternatively named Eurasian elk because the wapiti is also called elk) that occurs only in Europe and Asia (not to be confused with the species called moose {Alces alces} which encompasses all subspecies of the moose).
3. (now chiefly Europe) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.
4. (Canada, US) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose.

Notice that the word elk is used in the same way as the word caribou is used for the subspecies of the reindeer. The only difference here is that it refers only to a single subspecies, while caribou refers to several subspecies of the reindeer.

• (Cervus candensis): wapiti
• (Alces alces): moose

• Elk County
• Elk River
• Elkton

• → Korean: 엘크 (elkeu)

elk (plural elks)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of elke (the common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)

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• Kel, Lek, lek

From Dutch elk.

elk

1. (rather rare, literary) everyone; everybody

• elkeen
• ieder; iedereen

elk

1. (in expressions only) Alternative form of elke (“every”)

   in elk geval — “in every (i.e. any) case”

From Middle Dutch elc. Compare English each, West Frisian elk, from Proto-Germanic *aiwô (“ever, always”) + *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz.

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• Hyphenation: elk
• Rhymes: -ɛlk

elk

1. each; every

• The Dutch determiners elk and ieder are entirely interchangeable. They do not exhibit the slight distinction that is usually made between English each and every.[1]

• al (alle)
• ieder

elk

1. (chiefly in expressions) everyone; everybody

   Melk is goed voor elk.

   Milk is good for everyone.

   Elk op zijn beurt.

   One at a time. (Literally: Everybody at their turn.)

• lek

Compare Dutch elk, English each.

elk

1. (in the singular) each, every
2. (in the plural) some, many

• jede
• männich
• veel
• enige